India, March 8 -- There is a moment during our conversation when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta pauses, smiles, and delivers a line that perfectly captures the paradox of women in leadership roles.

"Har woman politician ki bhi ek wife honi chahiye. Every woman politician should get a wife jo uska dhyan rakh sake, ghar ka, kids ka relatives ka... Men only have to focus on their jobs, for all other 'home duties', they have a wife," she says, as we sit down for our Women's Day special.

Much like Judy Brady's satire, I Want a Wife, Gupta highlights the invisible labour expected of women even at the highest levels of leadership. "You could be a CEO, CM, running a country or the world, they don't get to be just professionals. They remain ca...